The Comeback Kid

We went to church on Sunday. It was my Cousin's last day as a minister there so I had to go. She didn't preach but did do a liturigal(?) dance.

That's not the story here.

We got there a little late so I couldn't park in my usual place. Usually, we park on the West side because I like to drop Philip off first since he is (a) too heavy to carry, (b) slow and easily distracted when he walks, and (c) noisy.

But this time I had to park on the East side so we took Stephanie to her class first.

When we walk in the East door, there is a big table right before her classroom.

It is covered with lost and found items.

Sitting on the table is . . . .

Baby Bear!

Wha???????

I knew he had been missing for a couple of months now. But I seriously thought he was in our house somewhere. When the heck did she take him to church? How is it possible that I let her take him inside the church? How does he keep finding his way home?

I am positive there is some Divine Intervention involved here. Because if we had parked in the normal place on the West side of the building, we would not have walked past that lost and found table and wouldn't have even seen him.

And this is the SECOND time he's made it back to Meredith!

You almost have to believe in God in this case - otherwise, this would be really spooky!

Vacation Church School

Hayden and Meredith got to go to Vacation Church School this summer. They really, really enjoyed it.

Meredith is my little artist.
And my gardener. Did I tell you she's growing grass in my bathroom. No really - real grass - like a lawn - only in a plastic cup - I think she wants another dog.

Back to VCS - they had a program for the families on Thursday night. First they got to do some races outside. She and Hayden did the potato sack race and even tried the 3-legged race. That was funny. Then we went inside for the program. First of all, she was mad at me earlier because I wasn't at the program - Hayden had to explain to her that was just the PRACTICE not the actual program. So we made it to the actual program and, apparently, they forgot to tell her that she had to sit with me for the first part until it was time for her to sing so she was mad about that. They did that because they figured the younger kids might be scared to sit the whole time in front of all those people. Well, they didn't ask Meredith and she DID NOT want to sit with me, she wanted to be up on stage with Hayden. Finally, she got to go onstage. Luckily, I managed to catch Philip and Stephanie before they went up there with her. My cousin's husband Steve was sitting with us - I'm sure he's glad his kids are older and he doesn't normally have to put up with a 1-year-old and a 2-year-old in a church pew. To be fair, the accoustics in the church are really good and I'm sure yelling at the top of your lungs in that environment is a lot of fun for that age group. Anyway, at the end of the program, the younger children were supposed to leave the stage first. Well, Meredith stayed and wouldn't leave until Hayden got up to go too, then he grabbed her and brought her along to me.

Apparently, she's going to be my little performer too.

And just to finish off the story, on our way out of the church, the VCS leaders were standing outside. They had been in the skit too and were all dressed up including one guy who had a small crate of potatoes with him. Stephanie took one of his potatoes and had all the skin chewed off if it before we made it home.